花市 (huā shì) — flower market | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

flower market

Measure word · 个

Easily confused

Examples

花市。
Zhōu mò wǒ men qù huā shì guàng guàng ba.
Let's go stroll around the flower market this weekend.
花市。
Zhè ge huā shì de xiān huā zhǒng lèi tè bié duō.
This flower market has an especially wide variety of fresh flowers.
花市。
Tā měi tiān zǎo chén dōu qù huā shì jìn yì pī xīn huò.
She goes to the flower market every morning to stock up on new goods.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

花 means flowers and 市 means market, so the term names a market for flowers.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

艹化花

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎograss; plant

Sound part声符shēngfú

化

Same sound today

花 pairs 艹 (grass; plant) with 化, which gives the sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

兮兮xībustling

Sound part声符shēngfú

之

之zhī市shì

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The old form 市 pairs 兮, meaning bustling, with 之, the sound part.

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